TY  - BOOK
AU  - Steinke,Peter L.
TI  - How your 21st-century church family works: understanding congregations as emotional systems 
SN  - 9781538149133
AV  - BV640 .S785 2021
U1  - 253 23
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - Lanham
PB  - Rowman & Littlefield
KW  - Parishes
KW  - Psychology
KW  - Church controversies
KW  - System theory
KW  - Systems Theory
KW  - Paroisses
KW  - Psychologie
KW  - Controverses religieuses
KW  - Théorie des systèmes
KW  - fast
N1  - "An Alban Institute Book."; Includes bibliographical references and index; Part I. Conceptualizing emotional processes. The concept of a system -- Anxiety and reactivity -- Separateness and closeness -- Stability and change -- Clarity and compassion -- Part II. The congregation as an emotional system. Do not go gently into that glob of glue -- Being a prophet is nice work: if you can find a job -- What shall it profit a parish if it gets over the hump but falls into the abyss? -- Remembering the future -- Believing and belonging
N2  - "Peter L. Steinke's daughter brings together the final writings from her father in this update of his classic book How Your Church Family Learns. The new edition includes a foreword from Steinke's longtime colleague Emlyn A. Ott at Healthy Congregations--the nonprofit consultancy founded by Steinke"--
ER  -